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« Reply #300 on: April 09, 2018, 19:16:41 »
Pictures of the laying of new rails for the Gloucester Warwickshire railway extension to Broadway recently displayed the same surprising flexibility.
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« Reply #301 on: April 10, 2018, 15:50:37 »
Passed Stapleton Rd today - this picture isn't going to give Don McCullin anything to worry about, but it does show the new northern abutment with the new bridge span waiting in the background. I also noticed fresh new ballast at Lawrence Hill; not much, but progress!

Incidentally, my train (15.16 BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) - MTP) was bang on schedule. There's a thing.
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« Reply #302 on: April 10, 2018, 22:17:31 »
It is an excellent photograph, Red Squirrel!
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« Reply #303 on: April 11, 2018, 10:13:13 »
It's not a patch on mine... for that fuzzy, hazy, impressionistic, foggy look.  Grin Undecided
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« Reply #304 on: April 11, 2018, 14:59:34 »
While it's nice to have a perfect example of a photograph, with optimum exposure, white balance, and co-operative light, if yours is the only shot, it is the best there is! I like those you have taken, Bmblzzz.
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« Reply #305 on: April 17, 2018, 18:07:44 »
Been following progress on the four tracking ever since it was first proposed years back, and was great to find lots more info about it on this thread, so finally joined myself!  After much driving around to various vantage points to see what progress was being made, decided to take a quick return trip from Parkway to TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) about 10 days ago, which is when I saw the first new sleepers laid on what will be the new relief lines that have been photographed earlier in the thread by old Horfield station

Took another trip today and decided to video it from just past old Ashley Down station where the current track slews over from the old relief side to the current 'main' side.  Amazing progress since 10 days ago!  Have uploaded it onto youtube for anyone who's as interested in this project as I am  Grin

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiewgaJl9E4&feature=youtu.be

Also shows the amount of work going on at FAW where I paused, followed by the inevitable wait to get back into Parkway!   Wink

Look forward to returning in a week or so to see how things are progressing then
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« Reply #306 on: April 17, 2018, 18:41:58 »
Quote from: metalrail on April 17, 2018, 18:07:44
Been following progress on the four tracking ever since it was first proposed years back, and was great to find lots more info about it on this thread, so finally joined myself! 

And a very welcome addition you are! By way of celebration, I shall post some new pictures when I have time to empty my camera.
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« Reply #307 on: April 17, 2018, 20:00:33 »
A warm welcome from me.  Unfortunately I cannot get your link to work.
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« Reply #308 on: April 17, 2018, 20:04:25 »
Ah, maybe if I got the youtube settings right!  Let me know if this one works please...

https://youtu.be/UiewgaJl9E4
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« Reply #309 on: April 17, 2018, 20:34:00 »
Both links work equally well for me, and very good to see, too.
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« Reply #310 on: April 17, 2018, 20:57:34 »
Both now working for me
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« Reply #311 on: April 17, 2018, 22:41:04 »
It worked for me too! Meanwhile, on the very same day, I was looking at things from outside of the train:

Were you on this one, metalrail? I got a friendly toot of the horn from the driver. This is looking towards Temple Meads from the Constable Road bridge:



The sleepers have appeared on that side of the bridge:



but in greater quantity towards Filton Abbey Wood:





A close-up of a platoon of the Orange Army beavering away:



as metalrail disappears into the distance, video still running:



I knew I should have bought shares in that gabion cage company:





Finally for today, work is going on apace to construct the fourth platform at Filton Abbey Wood:





but metalrail already knew that!
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« Reply #312 on: April 18, 2018, 09:11:00 »
Haha nope wasn't me on that one, I was treated to a 'new' 3 coach 166 turbo both ways!   Wink

Great photos!  Good to see it in comparison to the existing lines too.  And yeah amazing just how many of the orange army are on it... I lost count of how many different sites they were working at all the way down between BPW» (Bristol Parkway - next trains) and BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains)!
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« Reply #313 on: April 18, 2018, 09:14:45 »
Good photos! And... you've been stealing Red Squirrel's pile of ballast!
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« Reply #314 on: April 18, 2018, 10:09:53 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on April 18, 2018, 09:14:45
Good photos! And... you've been stealing Red Squirrel's pile of ballast!

As long as they leave my nuts alone...
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